BurBunny
Contributor
(Also posted on the Hawaii Boards)
Going completely against logic with two airlines serving Hawaii recently going out of business, Continental has started a fare war to Hawaii directed against United, and United has responded. Can you say fares generally between $300-400 ROUND TRIP, including taxes and fuel supplements?
It seems this fare war began over the weekend when Continental lowered prices on its Los Angeles-Honolulu flights to around $300 roundtrip. LAX-HNL is a big United market, so United responded by matching the $300 roundtrip fare from Newark and Houston, two big Continental markets. Continental has nonstops to Honolulu in both cities, of course, so United made its sale effective on connecting service via its Chicago, Denver, LAX or San Francisco hubs. It even extended the sale to its flights to/from Lihue, Kauai.
Continental responded to United's response, but seemed to target US Airways with its answer. Sometime yesterday, Continental lowered one-stop flights to/from Honolulu, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to around $300 roundtrip.
Here's what you need to know: All-in pricing ranges from $300-$400 roundtrip for travel between August 21 through November 10, December 5-14 and, surprisingly, January 19 to February 15, 2009. You must take the over-water flights on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. There is a three-day minimum stay and a 21-day advance purchase.
Best place to look are sites like Orbitz which has flexible date search options so you can see the date choices for the lower fares. And move fast - this type of unadvertised fare usually doesn't last long.
Going completely against logic with two airlines serving Hawaii recently going out of business, Continental has started a fare war to Hawaii directed against United, and United has responded. Can you say fares generally between $300-400 ROUND TRIP, including taxes and fuel supplements?
It seems this fare war began over the weekend when Continental lowered prices on its Los Angeles-Honolulu flights to around $300 roundtrip. LAX-HNL is a big United market, so United responded by matching the $300 roundtrip fare from Newark and Houston, two big Continental markets. Continental has nonstops to Honolulu in both cities, of course, so United made its sale effective on connecting service via its Chicago, Denver, LAX or San Francisco hubs. It even extended the sale to its flights to/from Lihue, Kauai.
Continental responded to United's response, but seemed to target US Airways with its answer. Sometime yesterday, Continental lowered one-stop flights to/from Honolulu, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to around $300 roundtrip.
Here's what you need to know: All-in pricing ranges from $300-$400 roundtrip for travel between August 21 through November 10, December 5-14 and, surprisingly, January 19 to February 15, 2009. You must take the over-water flights on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. There is a three-day minimum stay and a 21-day advance purchase.
Best place to look are sites like Orbitz which has flexible date search options so you can see the date choices for the lower fares. And move fast - this type of unadvertised fare usually doesn't last long.
